North Korea Tests Nuclear Device; Proposition 90: Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property; The Minority Education Achievement Gap
North Korea Tests Nuclear Device
World leaders condemned North Korea on Monday after the communist regime announced it had tested a nuclear weapon.
Proposition 90: Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property
Proposition 90 seeks to protect private property from being seized and destroyed by state and local governments in order to promote other private projects. Larry talks with a proponent and an opponent of the measure, which appears on the November, 2006 ballot.
The Minority Education Achievement Gap
Larry Mantle hosts a special town hall debate on one of the major civil rights issues of our time: the so-called "achievement gap" in education, in which blacks and other minority students do not fare as well as whites. The forum features a debate between Abigail Thernstrom, co-author of No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, and Richard Rothstein, former national education columnist for the New York Times. There will also be extensive interaction between the panelists and the audience, which will be comprised of other education experts, politicians, and civic leaders.
The Minority Education Achievement Gap (continued)
Abigail Thernstrom, co-author of No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, and Richard Rothstein, former national education columnist for the New York Times, education experts, politicians, civic leaders and the audience continue the discussion.